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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2168582, member: 5833"]Not that I've seen every one ever made, but have never seen a signet that was not in intaglio. This piece is in relief, so probably the 'positive' of the image, if not complete fantasy. Since the elements are all pictorial, no writing, it's hard to know. It would look like this flipped:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]253055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at this, the bell finally rang - ding, ding, ding. What Chantal maybe always understood: the dip in the line at the bottom is to give the center bottom panel a shield shape. Another weird detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry [USER=6828]@chantaljones[/USER] Too many things about this ring seem wrong, wrong, wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That's my rule too. I just put in the link because seller has many rings that purport to be Renaissance & earlier. Even if repro, they illustrate what rings looked like in the stated periods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2168582, member: 5833"]Not that I've seen every one ever made, but have never seen a signet that was not in intaglio. This piece is in relief, so probably the 'positive' of the image, if not complete fantasy. Since the elements are all pictorial, no writing, it's hard to know. It would look like this flipped: [ATTACH=full]253055[/ATTACH] Looking at this, the bell finally rang - ding, ding, ding. What Chantal maybe always understood: the dip in the line at the bottom is to give the center bottom panel a shield shape. Another weird detail. Sorry [USER=6828]@chantaljones[/USER] Too many things about this ring seem wrong, wrong, wrong. That's my rule too. I just put in the link because seller has many rings that purport to be Renaissance & earlier. Even if repro, they illustrate what rings looked like in the stated periods.[/QUOTE]
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